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Congress, no last-minute shopping at taxpayer expense
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E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Dec 04, 2022
It’s happened to all of us: The holidays are here before you know it, and you’re scrambling for that last-minute gift. Maybe you procrastinated, but a...
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If Trump 1.0 was chaotic, just wait
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 02, 2022
Donald Trump’s allies praised him for his discipline during his announcement speech, when he mostly stuck to the script as written by his staff. Then,...
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Abortion bullies stumble around the truth
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GENE LYONS 
Jul 21, 2022
You’d think they’d be ashamed, these self-infatuated pundits and tin horn politicians who made bogus pronouncements on Fox News and elsewhere about th...
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Someone had to say it
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GENE LYONS 
Mar 31, 2022
In Michael Kinsley’s immortal definition, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By that standa...
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In politics, like sports, teamwork wins the game (copy)
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LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Feb 17, 2022
Jan. 10 marked the 40th anniversary of my favorite football memory. The San Francisco 49ers pulled off an 89-yard drive with an impressive play pass, ...
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It was never about the science
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NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Feb 14, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...
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Is more spending necessary?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 02, 2021
There have been lots of frightening things going on in the country. What is most scary, though, is the vast spending that our federal government seems...
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Is Trump’s grip on the GOP weakening?
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RICH LOWRY 
Oct 23, 2021
Republican politicians can be forgiven for thinking that the GOP is Trump’s world and they only live in it at his sufferance. He not only survived Jan...
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Stefanik makes wrong assumption about Latino voters
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Sep 23, 2021
ALBANY (TNS) — In recent Facebook campaign ads, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik claims that offering a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants wo...
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Mr. Cuomo’s millions
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Sep 02, 2021
ALBANY (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office in disgrace, but there are 18 million reasons to believe he will remain a force in state p...
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If only people had more common sense than dogs
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GENE LYONS 
Jul 30, 2021
Let’s say there’s an outbreak of deadly parvovirus in your neighborhood. Your beloved golden retriever Red, however, goes into a full-scale panic atta...
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Unintended consequences of the American Families Plan
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RACHEL GRESZLER and CARRIE LUKAS Tribune News Service 
May 21, 2021
Between our two families, we are raising 11 children. Under the American Families Plan, we could start collecting up to $33,600 per year in child paym...
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